Processor for configurable parallel computations
AssigneeStar Ally International Limited
InventorWensheng Hua
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Abstract
A flexible processor includes (i) numerous configurable processors interconnected by modular interconnection fabric circuits that are configurable to partition the configurable processors into one or more groups, for parallel execution, and to interconnect the configurable processors in any order for pipelined operations, Each configurable processor may include (i) a control circuit; (ii) numerous configurable arithmetic logic circuits; and (iii) configurable interconnection fabric circuits for interconnecting the configurable arithmetic logic circuits.
Claims27
A processor receiving a system input data stream, comprising:
- a plurality of stream processors each receiving an input data stream and providing an output data stream, wherein the input data stream of a selected one of the stream processors comprises the input data stream;
- a plurality of configurable interconnection circuits each configurable to route the output data stream of one of the stream processors as the input data stream of another one of the stream processors;
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- a global bus providing access to and being accessible by the stream processors and the configurable interconnection circuits.
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